| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 234 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
October 1871 -- 'built mostly of itself': Chicago and clay, 1874-1891 -- Iron and light: the 'great architectural problem' and the skeleton frame, 1879-1892 -- Steel and wind: the braced frame, 1890-1897 -- Glass and light: 'veneers' and curtain walls, 1889-1904 -- Steel, clay, and glass: the expressed frame, 1897-1910 -- Steel, light, and style: the concealed frame, 1905-1918 -- Power and height: the electric skyscraper, 1920-1934 -- Chicago, 1934. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Skyscrapers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
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Skyscrapers. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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History. |
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leslie, Thomas, 1967- Chicago skyscrapers, 1871-1934. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013 9780252037542 (DLC) 2012040478 (OCoLC)812122338 |
| ISBN |
9780252094798 (electronic book) |
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0252094794 (electronic book) |
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9780252037542 |
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0252037545 |
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